Edward VII Battery

Edward VII Battery was an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gorham’s Cave and Genista Battery.

Gorham’s Cave

Cave

Photo: Gibmetal77, CC BY 3.0.

Gorham's Cave is a sea-level cave in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Though not a sea cave, it is often mistaken for one. Considered to be one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals in Europe, the cave gives its name to the Gorham's… Gorham’s Cave is situated 660 metres northeast of Edward VII Battery.

Genista Battery

Fort

Genista Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Genista Battery is situated 100 metres north of Edward VII Battery.

Ibrahim-Al-Ibrahim Mosque

Mosque

Photo: Atiemann, Public domain.

The Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque, also known as the King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Mosque or the Mosque of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, is an Islamic mosque located at Europa Point in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, a peninsula connected to southern Spain. Ibrahim-Al-Ibrahim Mosque is situated 510 metres south of Edward VII Battery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Windmill Hill and South Mole.

Windmill Hill

Locality

Windmill Hill or Windmill Hill Flats is one of a pair of plateaux, known collectively as the Southern Plateaux, at the southern end of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

South Mole

Locality

Photo: Itto Ogami, CC BY 3.0.

The South Mole is a breakwater located in the southern section of Gibraltar Harbour, in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula.

Coaling Island

Locality

Photo: Mrjohncummings, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Coaling Island is an area of reclaimed land in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located at the centre of the western end of Gibraltar Harbour as one of its industrial zones. Coaling Island is situated 2½ km north of Edward VII Battery.

Edward VII Battery

Type: Fort
Description: artillery battery in Gibraltar
Categories: artillery battery, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Gibraltar, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

36.11639° or 36° 6′ 59″ north

Longitude

-5.34737° or 5° 20′ 51″ west

Open location code

8C8P4M83+H3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8807394656

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=fort

Wikidata ID

Q16834721

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In Other Languages

“Edward VII Battery” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Batería Eduardo VII”

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